Effingham High School athletes in boys basketball, cheerleading and Pom Pon were honored with a banquet and awards ceremony Tuesday evening at the Hearts Rock Cafe.

Leighton Lark claimed three awards for the boys basketball team. Lark won the Most Valuable Player award, the Highest Free Throw Percentage and Most Three Pointers Made. Phil Knight was named Best Defensive Player. Claiming Hustle awards were Matt Wohltman and Kennan Mahaffey. Mahaffey also won the Most Assists award. The Sixth Man award went to Kevin Daugherty. Most Improved Player awards went to Marcus Robinson and Michael Carie. The Coaches award went to Andrew Knight and Braydon Bone. The Most Rebound award went to Isaac Foreman. The Highest Free Throw Percentage also went to Marcus Robinson. Outstanding Sophomore was Sean Zerrusen.

Awards for cheerleading went to Jessica Miller for Most Outstanding Cheerleader, Bayli Crain for Dedication, Alexis Osborn for Heart of the Team, Brianne Boggs for Most Improved, Claire Niebrugge for Most Improved and Jaclyn Steppe for Teamwork.